Global stocks sank Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said he was not satisfied with talks that are aimed at averting a trade war with China. Equities were also dented by poor eurozone economic data, and as Trump cast doubt on a planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “Trump (is) continuing to drive uncertainty over global trade,” said analyst Joshua Mahony at trading firm IG. “European markets are following their Asian counterparts lower, as a pessimistic tone from Trump is compounded by downbeat economic data,” he added. Markets had surged Monday after US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He said they had agreed to pull back from imposing threatened tariffs on billions of dollars of goods, and continue talks on a variety of trade issues. However, Trump has declared that he was “not satisfied” with the status of the talks, fuelling worries that the world’s top two economies could still slug out an economically pain
Prince William will be the first senior British royal to make an official visit to the Palestinian Territories and Israel, Kensington Palace announced on Thursday, as part of a tour which will also take in Jordan.
The visit this summer by the second in line to the throne “is at the request of Her Majesty’s government and has been welcomed by the Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian authorities”, the palace said in a statement.
There have been no previous official visits by members of the British royal family to the Palestinian Territories.
William will be the first close relation of Queen Elizabeth II to make a official visit to Israel, following official trips made previously by the monarch’s cousins the Duke of Kent and the Duke of Gloucester.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed what he said would be “a historic visit” to his country.
Junior foreign minister Alistair Burt said the upcoming tour was an “important and unique opportunity to promote diplomatic and cultural ties in the region”.
Jordan has received British royals multiple times, including a state visit by the queen and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh in 1984.
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